Chili Bowl Nationals news 2010-12-15

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl National Entry Count Soars to 240!
TULSA, Okla. (December 15, 2010) -- A Chili Bowl
Nationals record of 281 competitors was established less than two short
years ago at the 23rd running of the prestigious auto racing ...

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl National Entry Count Soars to 240!

TULSA, Okla. (December 15, 2010) -- A Chili Bowl
Nationals record of 281 competitors was established less than two short
years ago at the 23rd running of the prestigious auto racing event.

Could that record be in jeopardy when top racers from around the nation
and beyond converge upon the QuikTrip Center's Tulsa Expo Raceway for
the Silver Anniversary of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals on January
11-15, 2011?

It may very well be if Wednesday's barrage of entries is any
indication, with the count skyrocketing from 196 on Tuesday to a
staggering 240 by day's end on Wednesday as teams scrambled to get in
under the pre-entry wire.

And the names added to the list in just one day's time (Leffler,
Darland, Crawley, Kaeding, Crawford, Hatton, Sweet, Stanbrough, etc.) are
an impressive lot on their own, let alone the fact that they're added
to the previous star-studded 196 entries.

Among the day's entries are Kasey Kahne Racing stablemates Jason
Leffler and Brad Sweet. While Chili Bowl regular Kahne is reduced to the
role of spectator this time around as he recuperates from recent knee
surgery, he'll try to get a Golden Driller with Leffler and Sweet.

Leffler, among the top-ten in NASCAR Nationwide points, picked up his own
Golden Driller as a car owner three years ago with Damion Gardner and
ranks as just one of ten drivers in Chili Bowl history to make at least
starts in the Saturday night championship finale 50-lapper.

Sweet simply ranks as one of the most versatile drivers of the modern
era, picking off 2010 feature wins in both winged and wingless Sprint
Cars as well as Midget while mixing in eight NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series starts and then his NASCAR Nationwide debut.

Dave Darland, whose Chili Bowl record of ten championship feature starts
in a row came to an end last year, was officially named the driver of the
Wilke Pak No. 4x with young Kody Swanson in the team's No. 11 entry
with two other seats yet to be filled.

Trade Show: Always a popular attraction at the Chili Bowl Midget
Nationals is the Trade Show, which is open to the public each day
(Tuesday through Saturday) free of charge. All variety of racing
products, apparel and more is available with well over 100 different
vendors. The Trade Show covers approximately 20,000 square feet.

Tickets: A limited number of reserved seats for Tuesday night's Warren
CAT Qualifying Event and the Third Annual Vacuworx International Chili
Bowl Race of Champions are available for $43 per person and may be
obtained by calling 918-838-3777 or at the gate if still available. Pit
passes for all five nights are available at the gate as well.

Chili Bowl on TV: Portions of the 25th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget
Nationals will be broadcast on SPEED TV on a tape-delayed basis.

Chili Bowl on the Net: All official news pertaining to the 25th Annual
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, including official entry lists,
race results and recaps, is available first at www.chilibowl.com. Also,
all five nights of the Chili Bowl Nationals will be broadcast live
(audio) on www.racinboys.com.

Additional information regarding the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget
Nationals is available at www.chilibowl.com/ or by calling
918-838-3777.